Notices by Fight for the Future (fight@mastodon.fightforthefuture.org)

Big pubs: Ban 500,000+ books from
@internetarchive !

Also Big pubs: Sue Florida for banning way fewer books than we literally just did!

As Palestinians in Gaza experience escalating, brutal military assaults social media giants like Meta continue to suppress their voices: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBKLjCoSuW5/?igsh=MWVwbGFkZGh4cXQzag==

We can help put a stop to the censorship and discrimination that Palestinians and Palestine advocates are facing on Meta’s platforms. https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/meta-let-palestine-speak/

Airline price gouging as Milton approached the FL coastline is atrocious + highlights a deeper issue: companies leveraging market conditions/consumer behavior data to exploit people- esp in times of crises. From flights to groceries, tech is used to inflate costs at our expense.

For 12 months we’ve watched Israel carry out a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Now these atrocities continue as Israel invades Lebanon, and the systematic efforts to silence + erase Palestinian voices continues.

"Digital archiving as we know it would not exist without the Internet Archive—without it, the world would lose its best public resource on internet history."

Read the full story: https://wired.trib.al/AM9FF6B

A $621 million suit for ~$41,000 in "damages" for archiving thousands of musical recordings that would otherwise be lost to history.

This is nothing short of an effort to end the @internetarchive from major music labels and we should all be furious.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/internet-archive-major-label-music-lawsuit-1235105273/

“It’s the time of Orwell but with corporations." https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-memory-wayback-machine-lawsuits/

This is a must-read on the existential battle of @internetarchive

If you wanna take action after, we've got a list of things to do at https://www.battleforlibraries.com/

Statement on the dangerous and myopic ruling in Hachette v @internetarchive today:

"Make no mistake, this suit is about taking away the right to own popular book formats and the right to be safe reading them."

https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-09-04-statement-photos-on-ruling-in-hachette-v-internet-archive-this-cant-stand/

STATEMENT ahead of @internetarchive oral arguments in their appeal for the right to own digital books: "The right to read without fear of being punished for what you read has never been more under threat."
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-06-27-statement-on-internet-archives-oral-arguments-in-appeal-for-the-right-to-own-digital-books/

Ok! @team is now officially known as @fight! Our mentions will look less weird now.

If Congress is going to give the FAA $105 billion, they need to bake in a ban on dangerous and discriminatory #FacialRecognition tech that the TSA is saying they're bringing to 400+ airports nationwide.

Sign the petition: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop-the-spread-of-facial-recognition-at-airports/

Facial recognition is snake oil from big tech companies that makes us less safe, not more safe. It isn't any faster than scanning your ticket, and the data collected could be hacked and stolen, sold to third party face AI scammers.

Worse, facial recognition disproportionately misidentifies Black and brown people, doubling down on the racial profiling and discrimination US airports are known for around the world.

Why are we giving our tax dollars to facial recognition companies w/racist tech?!

It's far past time for Congress to take action and ban facial recognition completely, but the FAA bill presents an opportunity to go after one of the ways in which this creepy surveillance tech is being nonconsensually forced into our lives.

Tell Congress to ban facial recognition from airports now and just scan people's tickets like we all want! Propping up facial recognition's use can only hurt our digital and human rights.

https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop-the-spread-of-facial-recognition-at-airports/

Devastating coverage of the harms #DataBrokers cause to #abortion workers, patients, and activists—including stories from two of our staff at ❤️Fight.

We need the #DELETEAct yesterday so we can opt out of this abuse-to-profit machine. https://19thnews.org/2024/04/doxxing-personal-data-reproductive-health-care-workers/

Tomorrow, @internetarchive will file their reply brief in the suit from major #publishers to end the right of IA and all #libraries to own and preserve #spyware-free digital #books.

Reading what they’re replying to, we’ve gotta ask:

Who is the real “Napster” here?

A thread.

BREAKING: 28 consumer rights, press freedom, reproductive justice, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ organizations are calling on the FTC to launch a Do Not Call Registry for Data Brokers.

It’s time to get our loved ones’ addresses off the internet, people.

https://www.donotdox.com/

BREAKING: the largest constituency of #humanrights orgs ever is calling for a congressional investigation into #BigTech and Big #Publishing's unchecked power over digital #books—and #surveillance of those who read them. #BookBans #Libraries https://www.battleforlibraries.com/congress/